Lake Crook Mouth Pulled Psychedelic Swagger from Vocational Monotony in Boring Jobs

Lake Crook Mouth threw sparks from the static of suburban disillusionment in Boring Jobs, the debut single from their upcoming LP, Here, Here & Finally Here. With a drawl steeped in Mark E Smith-esque discernment and a rhythm section that ebbs with the languid cool of surf pop, it’s a cut built for those whose thoughts get loud while their day jobs grind them down to mute. Instead of chasing structure, the tropic-soaked psychedelia of Boring Jobs slips in and out of rhythmic grip, pushing and pulling like heat haze off asphalt. It is not comfort you’ll find here, but the confrontation of apathy through lyricism that waxes and unravels the irritability of monotony. When the chorus hits, harmonies mellow the angst without ever shedding the deadpan grit that gives the track its bite. There’s cheek, charm and a quiet existential reckoning in every twist of tone and texture, from spoken-word swagger to chameleonic catharsis. The project is the brainchild of Lock Campbell, who cut his teeth in Sydney before relocating to London to deepen his musical vocabulary at Abbey Road Institute. That education didn’t polish him clean; it prised open new sonic possibilities, allowing him to stitch together the […] The post Lake Crook Mouth Pulled Psychedelic Swagger from Vocational Monotony in Boring Jobs appeared first on A&R Factory.

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Lake Crook Mouth threw sparks from the static of suburban disillusionment in Boring Jobs, the debut single from their upcoming LP, Here, Here & Finally Here. With a drawl steeped in Mark E Smith-esque discernment and a rhythm section that ebbs with the languid cool of surf pop, it’s a cut built for those whose thoughts get loud while their day jobs grind them down to mute. Instead of chasing structure, the tropic-soaked psychedelia of Boring Jobs slips in and out of rhythmic grip, pushing and pulling like heat haze off asphalt. It is not comfort you’ll find here, but the confrontation of apathy through lyricism that waxes and unravels the irritability of monotony. When the chorus hits, harmonies mellow the angst without ever shedding the deadpan grit that gives the track its bite. There’s cheek, charm and a quiet existential reckoning in every twist of tone and texture, from spoken-word swagger to chameleonic catharsis. The project is the brainchild of Lock Campbell, who cut his teeth in Sydney before relocating to London to deepen his musical vocabulary at Abbey Road Institute. That education didn’t polish him clean; it prised open new sonic possibilities, allowing him to stitch together the […]

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